Re: How are Windows users supposed to print the PostScript refcards?

[Michaël Cadilhac]

Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:

> Stephen J. Turnbull skrev:
>> Michaël Cadilhac writes:
>>
>>  > Nah, not quite.  PS files are directly viewable, directly printable,
>>
>> Not on an out-of-the-box Mac with a directly connected non-PS printer,
>> they're not.  Obviously the same is true of Windows, or this thread
>> wouldn't be happening.
>>
>
> Well, on Mac OSX you can view it in Preview, which converts it to PDF.
> I guess you can print it also, but I'm not sure.

Still not sure if it's worth arguing, but indeed, apple.com says :

> Go from PostScript to PDF
> 
> Because PostScript-to-PDF conversion technology is integrated into
> Quartz 2D, any Mac OS X application can draw images on screen from
> high-resolution PostScript/EPS data instead of low-resolution
> bitmap. This means you can print PostScript-quality documents on all
> printers, even on non-PostScript devices. Your documents always look
> their best, no matter what printer you use.

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